[Transcription of an Arabic epic poem] : manuscript

Date:

1100s

Language:

Judeo-Arabic

Provenance:

Cairo Genizah Collection (University of Pennsylvania. Center for Advanced Judaic Studies. Library).; Cairo Genizah Collection (Dropsie College. Library).; Amram.

Publisher:

[publisher not identified]

Subject:

Epic poetry, Arabic

Resource Type:

Text

Physical Description:

1 fols. : complete

Rights:

http://rightsstatements.org/vocab/NoC-US/1.0/

Notes:

Catchword at end of verso. In the poetic section, each verse starts a new line. Verse endings denoted by a sof pasuḳ.; Halper: Seems to be part of a transcription, in Hebrew characters, of an Arabic book modelled after the Maḳamat of al-Ḥariri.; The folio opens with seven verses in wafir meter rhymed -אל (i.e., َال-). The next paragraph is in prose, from the words of the raṿi (narrator), as stated in the heading קאל אלראוי. The hero's name seems to be ʻAntar (no doubt after the name of the famous poet of the pre-Muhammedan era).; Halper: the orthography is sometimes vulgar. Thus מא תקר בהי עיני (verso l. 1).; Arabic. Hebrew

Physical Location:

Library at the Katz Center, Genizah Fragments, Halper 330

Collection:

Cairo Genizah Collection (University of Pennsylvania. Center for Advanced Judaic Studies. Library)